Producer, rapper, and seasoned electronic musician, Thavius Beck, gave us in an in depth look into how he is using the K-mix to produce original music and perform on tour. He live sequenced a beat while sampling opera singer Hilary Whitmore on the fly, and was able to use multiple…
An Evening with Keith McMillen Instruments featuring Thavius Beck was held at Pyramind in April 2016. The free event was open to the public and included an open house sneak peak at Keith’s latest instruments - the K-Board Pro 4, BopPad, and the K-Mix. We set up the instruments in…
“It’s so much about the network - whether it’s a direct mentorship or not - it’s about building relationships and trust.” Kevin Dusablon, PullString Kevin talks about the impact of mentorship, and how his mentor Franklin Clary transformed his audio career. He also talks about how fortunate he was to…
Book a one-on-one online session with Ryan Origin: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw SubPac’s Ryan Origin talks about how much SubPac adds to the VR experience. When another sense - touch, in this case - is added to the VR experience, your level of engagement increases because things are behaving as you would expect.…
“We are building the entire space in which you are existing in when you’re playing this game” Ashley Coull, Anki Ashley Coull, Audio Coordinator at Anki, talks about how integral audio is when it comes to robotics. Robotics without audio becomes mundane. With the Overdrive, Anki uses sound to try…
SubPac’s Sean Leonard talks about how the SubPac technology is being applied in the medical industry. Heart doctors have actually been able to use the SubPac to diagnose different types of heart disease. A contact microphone is used to feed the audio signal from the heart into the SubPac, so…
Anki’s Brian Min discusses how important audio is in relation to his company’s technology platform. In his experience, audio has always been about 5% of development - but at Anki, audio is extremely important - driving a much larger percentage of development initiatives at the company. As part of our…
PullString’s Kevin Dusablon talks about how he envisions the company's products being combined with AR and VR. He wants to see game characters talking back to players on all platforms, and thinks this would be especially useful in VR gaming. By talking to characters, you are connecting to the IP…
“VR is silly without a physical impulse - it feels “other” SubPac’s Sean Leonard talks about how feeling the sonic experience while playing a VR game enhances the experience. Ryan Origin talks about how the SubPac brings a third sense - touch - into the VR experience. As part of…
Ashley Coull, Audio Coordinator at Anki, talks about hardware being a roadmap for their development timeline. Audio Director Brian Min talks about time constraints, battery limitations, and other hurdles they face when improving their products. As part of our ongoing Mindshare series of events, Pyramind hosted an evening of groundbreaking…
Kevin Dusablon, Audio Director at PullString, explains PullString’s initial vision as a company and the inspiration behind it. He talks about his favorite IP, as well as the influence of bots and personality in the industry. As part of our ongoing Mindshare series of events, Pyramind hosted an evening of…
In this tip, game audio instructor Eric Kuehnl walks us through creating a complex footstep event in both FMOD and Wwise, and implementing the sound into Unreal Engine 4. He uses sounds that were recorded here at Pyramind - keys jingling, cloth rubbing, and footsteps that were recorded using our…
In this tip, game audio instructor Eric Kuehnl walks us through creating a gunshot event in both FMOD and Wwise. He also covers implementing the events into Unreal Engine 4. This is a great tip for those of you who are curious about a career in game audio, and want…
Book a session with Caiti: https://bit.ly/2goMRjw In this tip, our Sound Design in Reason online instructor Caiti VerBrugge walks us through three new devices included in Reason 9 - Dual Arpeggio, Note Echo, and Scales & Chords. These are not only new devices, but a whole new category of devices…
In this tip, Pyramind instructor Jerome Rossen gives us a few tips on writing music for chase scenes in films. He analyses the music in a chase scene from The Bourne Supremacy and breaks down the composition techniques utilized in the music. Jerome teaches Producing Music for Picture here at…
In this tip, Dylan Lewman and Pyramind alumni Dustin Musser (aka Frost-RAVEN) from K Theory walk us through two Propellerhead Rack Extensions: A-List Studio Drummer, and A-List Electric Guitarist Pop Chords. They also create a pop rock loop from scratch. First, they go over how you can set up A-List…
Meet Jonathan Buch - Pyramind alumni who works at Disney Interactive as a Senior Audio Coordinator. During GDC 2016, Jonathan had time to sit down with Pyramind CEO Greg Gordon and discuss various aspects of his career, as well as how his education at Pyramind helped prepare him for his…
Meet Brennan Anderson - Pyramind alumni who now works at Disney Interactive as an Audio Producer. Brennan has worked on various titles including Star Wars: Assault Team, Star Wars: Commander, Frozen Free Fall, as well as Inside Out Thought Bubbles. We had time to catch up with Brennan to talk…
Here at Pyramind our Creative Services team excels in managing the entire voice production (VO) pipeline for interactive games, mobile device voicing, corporate video and more. We interviewed voice actor Erik Braa, as well as Pyramind’s VO manager Ophylia Wispling to give you a peek into the voice production process…
Meet Jeremy Garren - Pyramind’s Lead Composer. Jeremy was a student here at Pyramind before being hired as a composer for us. He was inspired at a young age by the music he heard in his favorite video games, and wanted to connect with people in the same way with…
Pioneer turntablist TurntablistDISK (aka DJ Disk) graced Pyramind with two exclusive scratching performances, as well as some insight into his philosophy on scratching. He also provided instruction on how to perform some of his favorite scratching techniques - including a yet-to-be-named scratch he recently created. He has shared the stage…
Book your DJ Mentor Session Today!: http://bit.ly/2ERHxU3 In this tip, Pyramind instructor Will Marshall goes over his views on the advantages and disadvantages of DJing with Ableton versus CDJs. Will has performed using both, so he is able to speak to how he uses them for different types of performances.…
In this tutorial, Pyramind instructor Shawn Mercado (aka M3RC) goes over triggering hot cues in Slip Mode. Slip Mode is a feature that allows you scratch, loop, or trigger cues during playback while preserving the original playback of the track. This way, once you’re done triggering your cue etc., the…
Watch the video recap of our Elite Session with producer & DJ Simon Shackleton. Simon has had a long career in the music industry - dating back 25 years ago when he left Exeter University with a Masters Degree in classical composition. A man of many pseudonyms, he has gone…